The requirements for '''[[Music]] Merit Badge''' will change on January 1, 2011... both sets of requirements, '''''current''''' and '''''new''''', are now listed on the [[Music]] Merit Badge page. &mdash;'''''[[User:RWSmith|RWSmith]]''''' ''[[MeritBadgeDotOrg:Bureaucrat|(Bureaucrat)]]'', 20:28, June 4, 2010 (EDT)

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Obsolete. (See August 11, 2010, above.)

===May 30, 2010===

===May 30, 2010===

Revision as of 22:44, August 11, 2010

August 11, 2010

Bugling and Music Merit Badges

NOTICE: On June 2, 2010, Scouting Magazine's 'Cracker Barrel' (online blog) reported that the Bugling merit badge would be officially retired as of December 31, 2010; and, that the Music merit badge requirements would be modified (effective January 1, 2011) to include Bugling skills. (We further stated here, "Those wishing to earn Bugling need to obtain a Blue Card and begin working on it prior to December 31, 2010. In doing so, you may keep working on it –even after it has been retired– until you: A) complete the badge, or B) turn 18, whichever comes first. (You cannot start this badge after it has been retired.")

UPDATE: On August 4, 2010, Scouting Magazine's 'Cracker Barrel' (online blog) then reported that the National council's previous decision to retire Bugling has been rescinded. (As a result, though not specified, we are assuming that the Music merit badge requirements will also not change.)Editor's note: Music & Bugling will continue to share the same merit badge pamphlet.

June 4, 2010

Bugling Merit Badge

Obsolete. (See August 11, 2010, above.)

Music Merit Badge

Obsolete. (See August 11, 2010, above.)

May 30, 2010

New leaders are required to take Youth Protection Training before they submit their application for registration. The certificate of completion for this training must be submitted at the time application is made and before volunteer service with youth begins.

Youth Protection Training must be taken every two years. If a volunteer's Youth Protection Training record is not current at the time of recharter, the volunteer will not be re-registered.

Volunteers who wish to take the online Youth Protection Training Course in the E-Learning module at MyScouting.Org may do so at any time — you do not need a member ID to take this course.

– Once you have registered at MyScouting.Org, click on E-Learning and select Youth Protection Training under the General tab.

– Once you successfully complete the online course, you will receive an electronic, printable certificate of completion.

– When you add your member ID to your Profile, the course completion will be updated for your council.

April 29, 2010

Sorry folks, MeritBadge.Net was temporarily down... We exceeded our monthly bandwidth allocation.We are looking into getting a little extra bump in bandwidth to get us through the end of the month; but, depending on our hosting provider, we may be down until just after midnight this coming Saturday, May 1st, when our bandwidth meter resets. I sincerely apologize for this inconvenience.—RWSmith(Bureaucrat), 17:11, April 29, 2010 (EDT)

Problem with MeritBadge.Net has been resolved. —RWSmith(Bureaucrat), 18:00, April 29, 2010 (EDT)

Updates coming

Call for editors

We'll also be pushing to add new and/or update changed recent BSA requirements information, which tends to be more and more around the beginning of each year. To that end, we will be recruiting additional/new:

wiki editors, which can be any BSA-registered adult Scouter and a registered member of MeritBadge.Net.

wiki Sysops, which can be any BSA-registered adult Scouter and a registered member of MeritBadge.Net (and meet the requirements for Sysops).

We need your help; so, if you are interested, you can contact me via this link: RWSmith